he took ritalin and started calming down by the end. not kind of thing that is very helpful to joe biden and his image with voters in the heartland of america who are taught to be polite. he just wasn t. bill: that s interesting. you re trying to reach people in the middle. yeah. bill: we really don t know how they reacted to this. there is not much of a survey to tell us that but what you re suggesting is that this turned people off? maybe if you re in the culture of new york where everybody is in a hurry and fast and don t have time to be all that polite even though let me say new yorkers are very polite when you ask them for something. they really are, but the perception is is everyone will be brusque. but in the midwest and in the south, people expect you to wait your turn to say, oh, you go ahead. they expect you to say please, thank you, you re welcome. yes, ma am, no, ma am, please sir, no, ma am. what you saw last night is the kind of a behavior a real turnoff to people who
jamie: don t, but margie, don t you sense if the american people are wondering at this point administration watching attack unfold in realtime. they went out for a week and said it was due to a film and now we re having hearings on it and we re hearing startling things. one of the people who testified, a security quoting, for me the taliban is on the inside of the building. this is before the attack. do you not think this is relevant issue for the american people? you mentioned national security. well, look, fox released a poll yesterday shows the president has six point advantage over mitt romney on foreign policy, four point advantage on mitt romney on handling terrorism. i do think the american people are paying very close attention to this issue. what they re seeing in, clear successes and seriousness from the president and just reflexsive, nonpolicy, sabre rattling bluster from romney and ryan. jamie: got to leave it there.
but the a arblgs rp after last week s debate with the president says don t use our name on this because we don t niece lee believe what the president and vice president are saying. you can t take $716 billion out of a program and expect that the same services are going to be there. we believe that that $716 billion ought to remain in the medicare program so that we can provide the appropriate services and care for our current seniors. but the demographics of our society, the aging of the population makes it so that the system has to change. we believe we can save and strengthen it and secure it for younger generations. the president and vice president make it so that the medicare that you -p an and i know right now won t be available not just for current seniors but for future generations. jamie: we are already seeing nursing homes and other hopbs close. st. vincent hospital closed, boarded, it s becoming condos.
[ .] bill: welcome back now, 82 times, in a 90-minute debate. that is how many times the rnc said vice president joe biden interrupted paul ryan last night. congressman ryan attributing ryan s actions to pressure. mr. vice president, mr. vice president i know you re under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground. [laughter] but i think people would be better served if we don t keep interrupting each other. don t talk take all four minutes then? bill: that happened. i want to bring back minneapolis mayor, and russ schieffer, senior advisor to
practiced medicine or not have served patients. this is just astounding, as opposed to the positive solution that we put forward which is to make it so that those in and nyiri taoeurplt don t see any changes to at current medicare program, have expand epd choices and those under the age of 55 have a greater opportunity for choices and a more responsive healthcare program and we can still do that as congressman ryan said last night white house harming our current seniors. we believe we can grandfather the grandfathers, so there are positive solutions. jamie: one of whom, congressman forgive me for interrupting is paul ryan s mom who says benefits from the program, his grandmother also and he would never eliminate the program. but the $716 billion number joe biden says that s actually what we ll be saving. ama and aarp endorsed their plan. do you think that will be con futuressing to seniors? who really has it right? it is confusing, you re shr-rt lee right.